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Motherless Russia

“In general, Russia suffers from a frightening poverty in the sphere of facts and a frightening wealth of all types of arguments,” wrote Chekhov in a letter to a friend. Now, Russia suffers from a destructive poverty of a sort that she has not in

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The Many Faces of China’s Enigmatic President

Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era by Willy Wo-lap Lam (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2007), 359 pp., $29.95 Reviewed by Steven W. Mosher “Who is the President of China?” the late-night talk show hosts joked with their audiences when a Communist cadre by the

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Fighting for Life In Taiwan

Father Louis Aldrich, S.J. directs the Human Life Ethics Research center in Taiwan. The center is located on the campus of Fu-Jen Catholic University near the capital, Taipei. PRI President Steven Mosher was recently in Taiwan to film a segment of his EWTN series, and

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Global Monitor

More Sex Ed or Abstinence Promotion for British Schoolchildren A recent report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Britain’s leading progressive think tank, says that schoolchildren in England as young as 10 years of age should be instructed in use of contraceptives. Why?

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Political Correctness, Paradox and Silence

When the London terrorist bombings occurred in July 2005, Jack Cashill, author of a penetrating analysis into the radical politicization of Western elites entitled Hoodwinked (Nelson, 2005), made a public bet. He stated that he would personally buy the uncut version of Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit

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A Cut for Population Control Money?

Volume 8 / Number 39 Dear Colleague: There is a chance that U.S. funding for international population control could go down, since that is the Bush Administration’s wish. Steven W. Mosher President A Cut for Population Control Money? Official federal spending on overseas ‘population assistance,’

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Three Hundred Million and Counting

September 8, 2006 Volume 8, Number 35  Dear Colleague: Americans should celebrate their coming 300 millionth fellow resident. But many wrong-headed commentators will be complaining. Steven W. Mosher President Three Hundred Million and Counting Sometime next month, the U.S. Census Bureau will announce that the population

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From the Countries

Singapore Seeks Population Solutions In a recent interview, DPM Wong Kan Seng, Singapore’s Minister-in-charge of population issues, brought to light the problems his country is facing with a decreasing and aging population. He appeared to see the truth of Singapore’s population problems and offered good

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Kinder, Gentler Genocide in Mongolia

It is often useful to examine the front page of a major newspaper or home page of a website just to see what is being presented and how. Watching solely the front page of a major newspaper could, over time, tell you the most important

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Motherless Russia

“In general, Russia suffers from a frightening poverty in the sphere of facts and a frightening wealth of all types of arguments,” wrote Chekhov in

Read More »

Fighting for Life In Taiwan

Father Louis Aldrich, S.J. directs the Human Life Ethics Research center in Taiwan. The center is located on the campus of Fu-Jen Catholic University near

Read More »

Global Monitor

More Sex Ed or Abstinence Promotion for British Schoolchildren A recent report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Britain’s leading progressive think tank,

Read More »

Three Hundred Million and Counting

September 8, 2006 Volume 8, Number 35  Dear Colleague: Americans should celebrate their coming 300 millionth fellow resident. But many wrong-headed commentators will be complaining. Steven

Read More »

From the Countries

Singapore Seeks Population Solutions In a recent interview, DPM Wong Kan Seng, Singapore’s Minister-in-charge of population issues, brought to light the problems his country is

Read More »